Fame
Rabanne Fame Eau de Parfum opens on mango, ripe and close to nectar, with bergamot cutting across it so the fruit reads bright rather than heavy. That opening gives little away: within minutes the fragrance turns smoky and powdery, and that is the shape it keeps.
Jasmine and incense meet at the heart, the white floral turned smoky rather than dewy, and the two hold against each other through most of the wear. Sandalwood and vanilla close it, and they are what give the scent its powdery finish, with iris and violet adding a cool dustiness and a balsamic, faintly earthy weight underneath. The movement runs from juicy fruit through smoke into soft wood and amber. By the time it settles there is nothing of the mango left; what remains is dry and sweet at once, with the incense still legible beneath the wood.
Fame was released in 2022, and Four perfumers composed it: Dora Baghriche, Marie Salamagne, Alberto Morillas and Fabrice Pellegrin. Monsieur Rabanne showed his debut collection in 1966, and the house released its first fragrance, Calandre, a metallic rose in a metal and glass bottle, in 1969; its fragrance identity still draws on that couture work in metal.
Moderate longevity and moderate sillage make Fame a close-wearing scent rather than a room-filling one. It holds up across all four seasons, the fruit carrying it through spring and summer and the incense and wood suiting autumn and winter, and it suits a night out, professional wear and casual wear equally. This one comes as a gift set.
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